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NSF Awards $16 Million in Second Round Funding For Big Data Innovation Lab Network
From the West Big Data Innovation Hub: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is awarding a second round of funding for the four Big Data Hubs—organizations launched in 2015 to build and strengthen data science partnerships across industry, academia, nonprofits, and government. Each of the hubs will receive $4 million over four years, for a total […]
Research Output: Natural Sciences: Nature Index 2019 Annual Tables Published Today
From Nature: In the Nature Index 2019 Annual Tables, released today, the United States is well ahead of China then Germany to make up the top three in the country ranking, while the top three institutions – the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harvard University and Max Planck Society – have held fast to their positions […]
National Library of Medicine (NLM) and Medical Heritage Library Sign Three-Year Memorandum of Understanding to Expand Public Access to Collections
From NLM: The National Library of Medicine (NLM) signed a three-year memorandum of understanding with the Medical Heritage Library (MHL) to promote free and open access to quality historical resources in medicine and the human health sciences. Under the agreement, the MHL will include digitized NLM historical materials and associated metadata in its free and open […]
Elsevier Announces Launch of the International Center for the Study of Research (ICSR)
From Elsevier: The International Center for the Study of Research (ICSR) will work closely with the research community to review and develop the use of qualitative and quantitative metrics of research evaluation to create a more transparent and robust approach to research assessment. The mission of the ICSR will be to encourage the examination of research […]
Librarian of Congress Names Joy Harjo the Nation’s 23rd Poet Laureate, First Native American Poet to Serve in the Position
From the Library of Congress: Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced the appointment of Joy Harjo as the nation’s 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2019-2020. Harjo will take up her duties in the fall, opening the Library’s annual literary season on Sept. 19 with a reading of her work in the Coolidge […]
SpringerNature Releases “The Future of Open Access Books: Findings From a Global Survey Of Academic Book Authors”
From the News Release The majority of book authors support the idea that all future scholarly books should be open access (OA). This is one of the key findings of a new white paper presented by Springer Nature at the OAI-11 conference at CERN this week. Based on the responses of 2,542 book authors who […]
Roundup (June 19, 2019)
Baker & Taylor Launches “Career Skills Training Platform” For Public Libraries Bill Proposed by Missouri Senator Josh Hawley “Demands Facebook, Twitter Be Vetted for Political Bias” (via PC Mag) Florida State University: Reserving VHS Collections @ FSU Libraries Through the Academic Libraries Video Trust Gale Enhances User Experience Across Product Portfolio to Deliver Better Research […]
Yale University: Susan Gibbons Appointed Vice Provost For Collections And Scholarly Communications
From Yale University: Susan Gibbons, the Stephen F. Gates ’68 University Librarian and deputy provost for collections and scholarly communications, has been appointed Yale’s vice provost for collections and scholarly communications, President Peter Salovey announced. The appointment is effective July 1. In her new role, Gibbons will further connect Yale’s world-class collections with its mission […]
Indiana University: Lilly Library’s Unique Vonnegut Collection Allows Teleplays to Take the Stage For the First Time
From Indiana University Bloomington: Bold underlining in Sharpie, scribbling in between paragraphs and tape holding together sheets of typewriter paper — some of Kurt Vonnegut’s original teleplays stored in Indiana University Bloomington’s Lilly Library bear the marks of an involved writer. For this year’s Granfalloon festival, two of those adaptations of Vonnegut short stories transitioned from the Lilly […]